Geography Today
Subtitle: An Encyclopedia of Concepts, Issues, and Technology
By: edited by Ian Muehlenhaus
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2023
Place of publication: Santa Barbara
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9798400656408
Subjects: History
Description: Geography Today provides a thoughtful and thorough introduction to the study of geography-from maps and technology to the study of different cultures, political systems, and economies, and an investigation of plate tectonics and climate systems.  Geography Today: An Encyclopedia of Concepts, Issues, and Technology approaches the study of geography by concept, in contrast to most other works, which are organized by world region.   Geography curriculums have been moving away from teaching the topic on a regional basis and toward teaching it through broader concepts. This is modeled by the National Geography Standards, the National Council for Geographic Education's Roadmap for 21st Century Geography Education, Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Resource System, and ABC-CLIO's own geography advisory board, comprised of high school geography teachers from across the United States.   By introducing geography concepts, Geography Today sets the foundation for readers to understand why certain geographies may be the way they are. It further helps high school geography students to apply concepts to different contexts with 101 geography terms, themes, and concepts for quick-reference research and study.
Table of contents: title: Preface Introduction PART I Geography Concepts 1 Mapping and Technology Overview Mental Maps Ways to Show Data Maps and Globes Modern Geotechnologies: GPS, GIS, and Remote Sensing Spatial Organization Key Issues in Mapping and Technology Cartography and Cultural Bias Cartography and Political Bias Geotechnology and Privacy Ethical Use of Geographic Data Further Reading 2 Regional Geography Overview Physical and Human Characteristics of Place Types of Regions Place and Human Perception Key Issues in Regional Geography Cultural Globalization Realms and Conflict Zones Free Trade Agreements Further Reading 3 Physical Geography Overview Physical Systems Climate and Weather Ecosystems and Biomes Key Issues in Physical Geography Tectonic Shift and the Ring of Fire Climate Change Invasive Species Threats to Biodiversity Further Reading 4 Human Geography Overview Cultural Geography Political Geography Economic Geography Population Geography Settlement Geography Historical Geography Key Issues in Human Geography Refugees, Population Displacement, and Migration Geopolitics: Geography and International Relations Agriculture, Population, and Settlement Economic Globalization Historical Geography and the Arctic Circle Further Reading 5 Environmental Geography Overview How Humans Affect the Environment How the Environment Affects Humans Resource Management Key Issues in Environmental Geography Deforestation Urban Sprawl Natural Disaster Recovery World Water Crisis Further Reading 6 Geography in Action Overview Success Stories Sustainable Cities China's Shift to Renewable Energy Water and Gender in Madagascar Protecting Biodiversity in Costa Rica Africa's Great Green Wall Further Reading PART II A-Z Entries Acculturation Acid Rain Agribusiness Air Pollution Anthropogenic Global Warming Aquaculture Atmosphere Biodiversity Biomes Boundaries Brexit Carrying Capacity Cartograms Cartography Central Business District (CBD) Central Place Theory Chaparral Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Columbian Exchange Community-Based Mapping Conservation versus Preservation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Core and Periphery Cultural Convergence Cultural Hearth Demographic Transition Model Demography Desalination Desertification Deserts Diffusion, Cultural Droughts Ecosystems Ecotourism El Niño and La Niña Endangered Species Energy Efficiency Environmental Determinism Epidemics Equator Eratosthenes Erosion European Union Flow Resources Food Security Forests Fossil Fuels Genetically Modified Foods (GMOs) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Glaciers Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Google Maps Greenhouse Gases Heartland Theory Human Development Index (HDI) Ibn Battuta Idrisi, Mohammed al- Indicator Species International Date Line Kyoto Protocol Latitude and Longitude Malthus, Thomas Map Projections Marsh, George Perkins Mercator, Gerardus Migration More Developed Countries and Least Developed Countries (MDCs and LDCs) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Offshore Outsourcing Organic Agriculture Overpopulation Ozone Depletion Paris Agreement (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) Plate Tectonics Population Pyramid Primate Cities Prime Meridian Ptolemy, Claudius Push-Pull Factors Realms Regions: Formal, Functional, and Perceptual Relative Location and Absolute Location Remote Sensing Renewable Energy Shatterbelt Site and Situation Stateless Nations Supranationalism Sustainable Agriculture Sustainable Development Syncretism Tragedy of the Commons Transculturation Transnational Corporations Tundra United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Von Humboldt, Alexander World Systems Theory Zheng He Bibliography About the Editor and Contributors Index